Tesco workers manhandle and apparently beat shop lifter

[Denver]

THIS is the dramatic moment Tesco staff were filmed manhandling a suspected shoplifter into the back room of a store.

The footage was shot this morning in the Tesco Metro in Monument and shows a member of staff allegedly shouting “shut your *******ing mouth”, as the man is seemingly bundled from the main part of the store.

The man was taken from the shop floor and moved into a back room by staff
As he is detained in the back room of the shop someone can be heard yelling “sit on the *******ing floor”.

The footage was posted on Twitter by @darealkai who said he was “ashamed” to have witnessed it.

In it the man is seen to struggle against the two men, who appear to force him to move into the back room.

The city worker, Kyle Tibby, said he was buying his lunch in Tesco when he saw the apparent scuffle between the man and staff.

He said: “I witnessed the gentleman try to steal a bottle of alcohol and so did the Tesco staff, and he tried to walk out the door with it and the Tesco staff stopped him at the door.

“There were about four or five who surrounded him and dragged him on the floor.”

He also alleged the man was kicked and punched, but this is not clear from the video.

A Tesco spokesperson said: “We contacted the police following an incident in our Monument store, and are supporting them with their enquiries.”

This week it was reported Tesco is launching a ‘quiet hour’ scheme in a bid to support autism sufferers while they shop.

And a woman was seen getting around a lack of trolleys in a store.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2859998/dramatic-video-tesco-staff-manhandling-customer/

[Denver]

I am sorry but they should all be sacked such unprofessional behaviour

[Jordan.]

No sympathy for him, most of the time it's repeat offenders and the police do nothing about it when reported.

[Denver]

No sympathy for him, most of the time it's repeat offenders and the police do nothing about it when reported.

Doesnt mean it gives them the right to getthe 5 biggest staff to jump on him and beat him

[Jordan.]

Doesnt mean it gives them the right to getthe 5 biggest staff to jump on him and beat him

Where did that happen? Or are you just believing the word of one person. I wonder if you'd have as much sympathy for a thief if it was you they were stealing from.

[Denver]

Where did that happen? Or are you just believing the word of one person. I wonder if you'd have as much sympathy for a thief if it was you they were stealing from.

You can see them manhandling and treated him like dirt so i have no reason to believe they didnt beat him

[Marsh.]

All this over a twirl.

[thesheriff443]

A security guard chased a shoplifter the other day he fell on the ground the bottles broke under his clothes and he died

[thesheriff443]

Actions leads to reactions.

[user104658]

Ahh yes vigilante justice. Why not. They deserve it after all, because gnash gnash snarl.

[Northern Monkey]

They're idiots.You could get away with this sort of thing ten or fifteen years ago.Not these days with cameras and HD video phones everywhere.Some shoplifter aint worth losing your job over.It's not like he robbed one of their houses.Then i wouldn't blame them.

[T*]

Don't steal, simple as...?

[Marsh.]

Don't steal, simple as...?

GBH is a crime too. :nono:

[user104658]

They're idiots.You could get away with this sort of thing ten or fifteen years ago.Not these days with cameras and HD video phones everywhere.Some shoplifter aint worth losing your job over.It's not like he robbed one of their houses.Then i wouldn't blame them.

The shoplifters themselves are even bigger idiots than that. They could just scam the self checkout like all of the other shoplifters and no one would even notice :umm2:.

[Tom4784]

If this happened in my shop then the people involved would be on final warnings or worse. The shoplifter was offering resistance but he didn't seem to be violent towards the staff or anyone else so if that's the case there's no excuse to be violent towards him. The shoplifter will likely be able to make a claim against them for being handled like that.

[jennyjuniper]

'Tesco workers manhandle and apparently beat shoplifter'. The key word there is 'apparently', because all the witness saw was the shoplifter being manhandled into a back room and told to 'sit on the f...... floor'. Where does the beating come in?
Alcoholics (and seeing as it was alcohol he was stealing, I'm making an assumption here) can be very violent and unpredictable, which is why there were probably several Tesco workers involved.
Only those behind the closed door know whether the man was beaten or not. These kind of assumptions are the kind made to stir up trouble, whether it's the truth or not.

[arista]

Don't steal, simple as...?


Wise words T*


The problem is
its on Video
Tesco need to move him
away from customers
Stick him in a Warehouse - he is Fit

[ebandit]

....dem tesco workers shoulda signed up for da polizei.....

Mark L

[Livia]

I'd need more information.

[Crimson Dynamo]

so if you catch a shoplifter ( and lets face it probably a known repeat offender) and he does not wish to remain in the store

what do you do, let him go? lol


I hope he got a good belt round the ear the toerag

[Saph]

happens at my work all the time.. last week the managers had to pin a man on the floor for like 20 mins before police arrived

[Kizzy]

They will have to be careful, if it's not deemed to be reasonable force they will find themselves in big trouble.

[ebandit]

I am sorry but they should all be sacked such unprofessional behaviour

sacked?.................i see promotion ahead...............

Mark L

[Kizzy]

sacked?.................i see promotion ahead...............

Mark L

Oh, was it G4S? :hehe:

[Vicky.]

And a woman was seen getting around a lack of trolleys in a store. eh? :laugh:

But yeah, OTT reaction. Tesco have their own security guards who can (I assume?) subdue shoplifters until the police arrive but not good to actually beat them...obviously

[ebandit]

Oh, was it G4S? :hehe:

good point.............supermarket employees are expected to stop

their duties and join in apprehending shoplifters

i would just carry on what i was doing...............why should menially paid

workers try and catch 'one of their own........'

Mark L

[Denver]

sacked?.................i see promotion ahead...............

Mark L

So what if it caused the man to die or be severely disabled? should they get away with no punishment ?

[Kizzy]

good point.............supermarket employees are expected to stop

their duties and join in apprehending shoplifters

i would just carry on what i was doing...............why should menially paid

workers try and catch 'one of their own........'

Mark L

I was referring to the recent exposes into violence at G4S run youth offenders facilities.

[ebandit]

So what if it caused the man to die or be severely disabled? should they get away with no punishment ?

it was not my call.................i was suggesting that management would

be impressed by such staff....................dedication

Mark L

[thesheriff443]

People tend to be more tolerant of shoplifters, a thief is a thief no matter what they steal, given the opportunity they would steal an old persons purse.
We should do like other countries chop their hands off.

[Kizzy]

That's not true, we are more tolerant of white collar criminals such as fraudsters, bankers, tax evaders and expenses fiddlers...It's all theft.

[user104658]

People tend to be more tolerant of shoplifters, a thief is a thief no matter what they steal, given the opportunity they would steal an old persons purse.

That's not necessarily true to be fair. I know loads of the local ... "colourful characters" ... who will happily scam for as much as they can get in most circumstances / wouldn't think twice about shoplifting from a supermarket or chain store... but if they saw someone stealing from an old person's handbag they'd be the first people chasing them down to hand out some "local justice" and return the purse. There is a really weird sort of "junkie code of honour" that most seem to follow :think:.

And Kizzy is correct; as a society we are much more tolerant of tax evaders and white-collar criminals / scammers ... all of whom take hundreds, if not thousands of times more than a bottle of vodka. I used to know an HMRC employee who personally stole 60k and helped others to steal hundreds of thousands and he got 6 months in an open prison and a slap on the wrist fine (less than the amount he gained) and no one really thought anything of it... he was just as popular locally as he was before he got caught.

[Vicky.]

People tend to be more tolerant of shoplifters, a thief is a thief no matter what they steal, given the opportunity they would steal an old persons purse.
We should do like other countries chop their hands off.

This is so not true. A lot of people see stealing from large companies as very different to stealing from individual people. I know both are wrong, but the second I would say is way worse.

Also, I used to shoplift as a teen and not once did I ever steal from actual people, or even think about it.

[Vicky.]

That's not necessarily true to be fair. I know loads of the local ... "colourful characters" ... who will happily scam for as much as they can get in most circumstances / wouldn't think twice about shoplifting from a supermarket or chain store... but if they saw someone stealing from an old person's handbag they'd be the first people chasing them down to hand out some "local justice" and return the purse. There is a really weird sort of "junkie code of honour" that most seem to follow :think:.

And Kizzy is correct; as a society we are much more tolerant of tax evaders and white-collar criminals / scammers ... all of whom take hundreds, if not thousands of times more than a bottle of vodka. I used to know an HMRC employee who personally stole 60k and helped others to steal hundreds of thousands and he got 6 months in an open prison and a slap on the wrist fine (less than the amount he gained) and no one really thought anything of it... he was just as popular locally as he was before he got caught.

10k a month that works out as. How do I get in on that? :D

[user104658]

10k a month that works out as. How do I get in on that? :D

Well you have to work for the HMRC first :joker:. To be fair I don't think it was worth it in the end... he had a decent salary had he been doing it by the book, and whilst his friends / acquaintances didn't seem bothered by his actions, I would imagine he would struggle to ever find decent paying / professional work in any sort of financial or accountancy field again. So he's probably stuck on min wage / middle management wage for life now.